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• New chemotherapy prevents hair loss - News - Khaleej Times

  13-09-2019 22:24 via news.google.com
  New chemotherapy prevents hair loss - News  Khaleej TimesScientists develop way to stop cancer patients losing hair during chemotherapy  Mirror OnlineRay of hope for cancer patients: New technique may prevent chemotherapy-related hair loss  Economic TimesNew Cancer Treatment Prevents Hair Loss From Chemotherapy  News18Breakthrough could protect chemotherapy patients from hair loss  Sky NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Scotland should be ‘force for good’ in the world, Nicola Sturgeon says

  13-09-2019 22:15
  The First Minister hit out at the Tories, branding them 'the most reckless, self-interested UK government in living memory'.
  
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• Britain may need a second Brexit referendum, says former PM Cameron

  13-09-2019 22:01
  Former British prime minister David Cameron, who took the decision in 2016 to hold a referendum on the country's membership of the European Union, said another vote may be needed to resolve the Brexit impasse.In an interview with the Times published on Friday ahead of the launch of his memoirs, entitled "For the Record", Cameron said a no-deal Brexit would be "a bad outcome" which should not be pursued and said a second referendum remained an option."I don't think you can rule it out because we&
  
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• Welsh mum ready to move to Scotland to 'save daughter's life' amid drug battle - Daily Record

  13-09-2019 21:34 via news.google.com
  Welsh mum ready to move to Scotland to 'save daughter's life' amid drug battle  Daily RecordRebecka Bow has been pleading with the Welsh Government to introduce two cystic fibrosis drugs which have been approved in Scotland.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Who’s to blame for the mess we’re in? Don’t look at me!

  13-09-2019 21:32
  In an interview to promote his book, the former PM still says Brexit poll was necessary. Readjusting to being a former prime minister can’t be easy. Tony Blair described having to learn to use a mobile phone, after years when aides took charge of all his communications. Theresa May was to be seen earlier this week pottering about in the palace of Westminster, not a flunky in sight, buying herself lunch. But the sense from David Cameron’s Times interview is that the hardest readjustme
  
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• Sam Smith news gives hope to non-binary community

  13-09-2019 20:43
  PA reporter Jess Glass reveals their experiences in the wake of the singer's announcement.
  
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• Tories misrepresent critical BBC News article in Facebook ad

  13-09-2019 20:38
  Incorrect figure on school spending used alongside BBC logo and web address. The Conservative party has been funding ads on Facebook that present a BBC News article as endorsing the government’s inflated figure for school spending – when the article actually criticised the figure’s credibility. Since the beginning of September the Conservative party has paid for ads on Facebook that link to a BBC article on school funding, with the headline “£14 billion pound cash b
  
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• Amazon will announce new hardware on September 25 - Ars Technica

  13-09-2019 20:26 via news.google.com
  Amazon will announce new hardware on September 25  Ars TechnicaAmazon has announced that it will hold an event on September 25 to announce new hardware products. The company's invitations indicate that it will discuss ...View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Cameron hits out at Johnson and Gove and says new Brexit vote can’t be ruled out

  13-09-2019 20:25
  The Conservative former prime minister admitted that he thinks about the consequences of the vote to leave the European Union 'every single day'.
  
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• No 10 plays down hopes of Brexit breakthrough

  13-09-2019 19:40
  Downing Street has no plans to publish proposals despite chance of border compromise. Downing Street has played down the prospect of an early breakthrough in Brexit talks despite hopes of a compromise on the Irish backstop, as Boris Johnson prepares to meet the European commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker. There has been a renewed drive in No 10 for an agreement since parliamentarians passed a law aimed at blocking a no-deal Brexit on 31 October and twice rejected Johnson’s demand fo
  
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• Greta Thunberg joins young activists in climate protest outside White House – live

  13-09-2019 19:15
  Swedish teen climate activist and other youth advocates demand action from the US to address the climate crisisSign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 6.15pm BST Thunberg briefly took the megaphone at the gathering, to enthusiastic cheers. She had seemed deliberately to keep to the fringes of the event, chanting rather shyly, and then saying she wouldn’t give a speech because previous speakers “have already said everything.” But she added: “I just want to sa
  
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• Ashes 2019: England v Australia, fifth Test day two – live!

  13-09-2019 19:12
  Warne urges cricket to be proactive about climate crisis
  County cricket – live! Get all the latest with Tanya AldredAny thoughts? Email them to Rob 6.10pm BST Jofra Archer’s debut Test series: 4 Tests, 22 wickets at an average of 17.27. I’m pretty sure that no England bowler since the war has taken as many wickets against Australia in what was also their first Test series, although Frank Tyson had only played one Test before he obliterated Australia in 1954-55. 6.05pm BST Engla
  
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• Met to take no further action over Leave.EU spending breaches

  13-09-2019 19:11
  Police say Brexit campaign broke law but claim insufficient evidence to continueThe Metropolitan police have announced they will take no further action against the Leave.EU campaign for spending offences in the Brexit referendum, despite accepting that it broke the law.In a statement released on Friday, the Met concluded there was insufficient evidence to justify further investigation of the group, which was set up by the insurance businessman Arron Banks. Continue reading...
  
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• BBC presenter Steph McGovern apologises for Boris Johnson remarks

  13-09-2019 19:09
  She said she did not intend to cause offence.
  
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• What a turnip! Yorkshire’s giant veg – in pictures

  13-09-2019 19:07
  Colossal cabbages, monumental marrows and cumbersome cucumbers all feature in the battle for top titles in the 2019 NEHS giant vegetable competition, held at the Harrogate autumn flower show. The UK’s premier autumn gardening show is expected to draw up to 40,000 visitors to the Great Yorkshire Showground this weekend Continue reading...
  
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• This political crisis now goes far beyond Brexit – our very democracy is at stake | Jonathan Freedland

  13-09-2019 19:06
  It’s about the fundamentals of our constitution. Is our elected parliament sovereign? Are our rulers bound by law?The sensation has become so rare, it took a moment to realise what it was. But following Wednesday’s ruling by Scotland’s highest civil court that Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament was unlawful, the feeling was unmistakable. It was optimism. Admittedly, it was optimism in its weakest form: not the confident certainty that all would turn out for the best
  
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• Disclosing some evidence at Manchester Arena inquests ‘would assist terrorists’

  13-09-2019 19:06
  Sir John Saunders has granted applications by the Home Office and police for public interest immunity.
  
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• Albemarle & Bond criticised over lack of communication about shop closures

  13-09-2019 18:53
  Customers of the pawnbrokers have been unable to contact the company, the National Pawnbrokers Association said.
  
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• Greta Thunberg and youth climate activists protest outside White House

  13-09-2019 18:50
  Young activists rallied in protest of inadequate government action on the climate crisis, chanting: ‘Protect our future’Thunberg joins young activists in climate protest – live updatesSwedish climate activist Greta Thunberg – who has inspired young people around the world to strike in protest of inadequate government action on the crisis – accompanied her American counterparts in the youth climate movement at a rally near Donald Trump’s White House on Friday.T
  
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• Cameron accuses Johnson and Gove of behaving appallingly over Brexit

  13-09-2019 18:47
  Former PM tells Times he worries desperately about Britain’s future• For the Record: signs of trouble before David Cameron book hits shelvesDavid Cameron has revealed Brexit makes him depressed and accuses Michael Gove and Boris Johnson of “trashing the government” with their campaign to leave the EU, in a candid interview ahead of the release of his memoirs.In an interview (£) with the Times before For The Record hits bookshop shelves, the former prime minister expl
  
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• 'Tone deaf' ads use slave ship images to promote UK sea-going sector

  13-09-2019 18:44
  Campaign accused of ignoring colonial abuses when setting out maritime industries’ futureHistorians and academics have labelled a new government campaign “tone deaf” and “historically illiterate” for using images of ships used for slavery and colonisation to promote Britain’s maritime sector.The UK has a long history with commercial shipping, reaching as far back as 1700 ⚓️
   
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• Cristiano Ronaldo can draw line under superstar era with international record | Barney Ronay

  13-09-2019 18:44
  Cristiano Ronaldo has Ali Daei’s unheralded milestone in sight, which would suitably crown a unique type ofbrillianceFamously, the North Korean leader Kim Jong-il only ever played one game of golf. In 1994 state media reported Kim had picked up a club for the first time at the country’s only golf course. Happily he took to the sport instantly, completing his debut round in a world-record 38 under par with 11 holes in one. At which point he announced he was retiring from golf and woul
  
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• Arsenal’s Alexandre Lacazette ruled out until October with ankle injury

  13-09-2019 18:44
  • Arsenal depleted in attack for busy spell of matches
  • Gabriel Martinelli and Tyreece John-Jules could get chancesAlexandre Lacazette will be out until October as he recovers from an injury to his left ankle, leaving Arsenal short of attacking options during a spell that brings seven matches in three weeks. Related: Dani Ceballos: ‘I’ve hardly noticed any difference between Real Madrid and Arsenal’Continue reading...
  
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• Senior police officer raises concerns over rape prosecutions

  13-09-2019 18:32
  CPS challenged over ‘risk-averse’ approach as charging rate plummets
  The most senior police officer for rape in England and Wales discussed concerns about a more risk-averse approach to charging rape and serious sexual assault with the head of the Crown Prosecution Service, the Guardian can reveal.A letter from Sarah Crew, the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) lead for adult sex offences, to every chief constable and force lead on rape reveals she had a meeting with Max Hi
  
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• Even the Tories admit it: only duty free can get us through | Marina Hyde

  13-09-2019 18:31
  The government’s no-deal advertising blitz includes promises of cheap booze and cigarettes, and we might well need themNow wanted north of the border for a prorogation scam, prime minister Boris Johnson went on the run this week with a series of alarming public appearances. Tuesday found him in a primary school, as per the timeworn political practice of ministers using inappropriate venues as backdrops. You know the sort of thing: “It’s great to come to this wonderful early yea
  
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• Vuelta a España: Movistar accuse UCI of favouring Roglic after stage 19 spill

  13-09-2019 18:29
  Red jersey involved in crash on stage 19
  Rémi Cavagna holds on for breakaway win in ToledoMovistar’s sporting director accused cycling’s governing body of favouring Vuelta a España leader Primoz Roglic on Friday after the Slovenian was allowed to use a car’s slipstream to catch up with the peloton after a crash.The issue arose just over 100km into the rain-affected 19th stage from Avila to Toledo when a group including Roglic and fourth-placed Miguel Ángel
  
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• Extinction Rebellion activists target London fashion week

  13-09-2019 18:24
  Protesters to hold fashion funeral in demand for industry to take climate crisis seriouslyNot long ago, high drama at London fashion week meant a battle over hemlines or between designer egos. But as the climate crisis challenges fashion’s fundamental viability as an industry, the stakes, and tempers, have been raised.Hours before the first catwalk show of the five-day run, the climate campaign group Extinction Rebellion staged a “die-in” outside the central London venue, throw
  
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• Benjamin Netanyahu in close election fight for power in Israel

  13-09-2019 18:21
  ‘Nastiest, most racist campaign ever’ as Likud shores up vote with divisive pledgesBenjamin Netanyahu remains neck and neck with his main election challenger after a widely condemned vow to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, before a vote that could bring an end to his time as Israeli prime minister.In the last polls before election day on Tuesday, neither Netanyahu’s Likud party or the opposition Blue and White alliance, run by his former army chief Benny Gantz, appeared t
  
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• Nick Brown joins senior Labour figures vowing to back remain

  13-09-2019 18:20
  Chief whip’s confirmation he would campaign to stay in EU adds to pressure on Corbyn. Another senior Labour figure has confirmed he would campaign for remain in a second EU referendum, as Brexit looks set to become a flashpoint at the party’s conference in Brighton. In an email seen by the Guardian, Labour’s chief whip, Nick Brown, told his constituents this week he would campaign for remain, joining his senior colleagues John McDonnell, Diane Abbott, Emily Thornberry, Keir Sta
  
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• Twelve protesters arrested over Heathrow drone threat

  13-09-2019 18:19
  Flights operate as normal after climate activists ‘blocked by signal-jamming technology’. Twelve people have been arrested over a drone protest at Heathrow that activists say will continue over the weekend. Protesters from a group called Heathrow Pause failed to cause disruption at the airport, but say the action highlights the devastating role air travel plays in the escalating climate emergency. The first volunteer attempted to fly a drone within the airport’s three-mile (5km
  
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• YouTube 'vanlifer' Jennelle Eliana blazes trail for solo female travellers

  13-09-2019 18:15
  Lo-fi videos about life on the road also fill blindspot travel industry has in catering for women of colourThe YouTube channel of a 21-year-old woman who lives in a van with her pet snake Alfredo is at the centre of a debate about race, travel and gender in the online world.Jennelle Eliana’s channel, which documents her day-to-day existence as a “vanlifer”, has become an internet phenomenon after gaining 1.9 million subscribers since June. Continue reading...
  
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• Breeder jailed over animals living in grubby conditions

  13-09-2019 18:15
  Lynn Stoker was also banned from keeping animals for life at South East Northumberland Magistrates' Court.
  
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• Talking Horses: Stradivarius lifts Doncaster Cup for John Gosden

  13-09-2019 18:14
  Stradivarius has now won all five of the British Champions Series races in the long distance category this year and is odds-on to win the Long Distance Cup at Champions DayA hastily arranged trip to Town Moor added £56,710 to John Gosden’s prize money total for the season here -yesterday as his outstanding stayer Stradivarius, sent off favourite at 1-9 in the absence of serious opposition, took the Doncaster Cup for the first time. Gosden is now nearly £450,000 clear of Aidan O
  
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• Colbert on the Democratic debate: let the 'humble background games' begin

  13-09-2019 18:14
  Late-night hosts sort through three hours of sound bites and campaign promises from the Democratic presidential debateIn a live show following the three-hour Democratic debate, Stephen Colbert picked through a laundry list of potential water-cooler moments, starting with Bernie Sanders’s more gravelley than usual voice. Continue reading...
  
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• Venezuela's Guaidó pictured with members of Colombian gang

  13-09-2019 18:12
  Opposition leader plays down images but analysts say they could prove highly damagingJuan Guaidó, the Venezuelan politician fighting to topple Nicolás Maduro, is facing awkward questions about his relationship with organised crime after the publication of compromising photographs showing him with two Colombian paramilitaries.In an interview on Friday, Guaidó played down the significance of the pictures, in which he posed alongside two members of the Colombian criminal gang t
  
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• Johnson is sure he would win an election. A closer look at the polls says otherwise | Ell Smith

  13-09-2019 18:07
  Even a very small change in the numbers will make it impossible for the Conservatives to win a majorityIn October 1924, British voters went to the polls. It was an unstable time: over the previous two years, as one inconclusive election followed another, the country had got through three prime ministers. This time, however, the result was decisive: Stanley Baldwin won the biggest Conservative landslide in British history. The story will no doubt provide comfort to Boris Johnson as he seeks to wi
  
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• 'Surreal!' Pixies rock up at 125-year-old Cardiff record store

  13-09-2019 18:04
  Fans’ delight as US group launch new album Beneath the Eyrie at Spillers Records “That was amazing, awesome. I couldn’t breathe,” said Bianca Ferrari as she staggered out of Spillers Records in Cardiff after meeting a band she has loved all her life. “I’ve been coming to this record shop since I was seven and I adore it but that was just something else. Surreal – I feel like I’m on another planet.”The sight of the alt-rock legends Pixies inso
  
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• Allergic teenager who died was misled about Byron burger – coroner

  13-09-2019 18:04
  Owen Carey, 18, told London restaurant staff of his dairy allergy, inquest findsThe family of a teenager who died of an allergic reaction to an unlisted ingredient in a burger have called for a new law on allergen labelling in restaurants.Owen Carey suffered anaphylactic shock after eating grilled chicken marinaded in buttermilk at the Byron restaurant at the O2 Arena in Greenwich, despite telling staff that he was allergic to dairy products. Continue reading...
  
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• Canvas of lies: what Dominic Cummings tote bag and gilets tell

  13-09-2019 18:03
  From his quilted gilet and tote bags to his crumpled shirts and hoodie, Cummings’ look is as chaotic and misguided as the no deal Brexit he is determined to realiseDominic Cummings might be best known for being found in contempt of parliament and masterminding its prorogation. But his most egregious act is possibly wearing – day-in, day-out – a gilet. French for vest, this item of clothing would seem to be the extremely Europhobic Cummings’ sartorial bread and butter. He
  
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• BBC Presenter Steph McGovern Delivers The Ultimate Burn To Boris Johnson Over His 'Girly Swot' Comment

  13-09-2019 18:03
  Boris Johnson has been accused of trying to escape scrutiny by shutting downparliament - but during his visit to Yorkshire on Friday, people were havingnone of it
  
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• Against compulsory MMR vaccination and for looking after new mothers

  13-09-2019 18:01
  Prof Arne Akbar, president of the British Society for Immunology, says compulsory vaccination is a blunt tool which could increase health inequities and alienate parents. Plus Prof Helen Stokes-Lampard and others call for a funded postnatal medical appointment at six to eight weeks specifically to assess new mothers’ physical and mental health. The recent drop in childhood vaccination uptake is a cause of concern for all of us, as your article rightly points out ( No MMR should mean no sch
  
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• Mother pays tribute to ‘cheeky little chappie’ after river death

  13-09-2019 18:00
  Zakari William Bennett-Eko was pulled out of the River Irwell in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester.
  
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• Fiji pose World Cup threat but Pacific Islands need a much fairer deal | Ben Ryan

  13-09-2019 18:00
  Fiji, Samoa and Tonga export masses of rugby talent but need more resource sharing and better domestic managementBehind sugar, rugby players are the second biggest export from Fiji. Combined with Samoa and Tonga they provide almost 20% of the world’s professional rugby players. Fiji are Olympic champions in sevens and just won the HSBC World Sevens Series again. Pacific Island players regularly sweep up the end-of-year awards in all the top leagues for player of the season and nearly every
  
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• Tafida’s parents wait for judge’s ruling after High Court treatment fight

  13-09-2019 17:58
  Mr Justice MacDonald has finished analysing evidence at a trial in London and is expected to announce a decision in the next few weeks.
  
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• London Stock Exchange rejects Hong Kong takeover approach – business live - The Guardian

  13-09-2019 17:58 via news.google.com
  London Stock Exchange rejects Hong Kong takeover approach – business live  The GuardianRolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, including reaction to Mario Draghi's latest package to save the eurozone economy.View full coverage on Google News
  
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• Crystal Palace the away-day kings target another scalp at Tottenham | Dominic Fifield

  13-09-2019 17:57
  Palace are the last club to win in the league at Anfield, the Etihad Stadium, the Emirates and Old Trafford and are set up to hit teams who underestimate them on the counterIt is probably worth acknowledging from the outset, given the established rhetoric, that Crystal Palace have lost only to the champions at Selhurst Park since March. Sure, they have scored only once there across their two league matches this term and, yes, both of their opponents ended depleted by a second-half dismissal. But
  
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• EU ‘has concern with Stormont having veto on Irish border after Brexit’

  13-09-2019 17:50
  The Deputy Irish PM said the EU has issues with a Stormont executive being able to veto aspects of the Irish border backstop.
  
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• Edward Snowden in exile: ‘you have to be ready to stand for something’ – video

  13-09-2019 17:47
  Edward Snowden has spent the last six years living in exile in Russia and has now decided to publish his memoirs, Permanent Record. In the book he reflects on his life leading up to the biggest leak of top secret documents in history, and the impact this had on his relationship with his partner, Lindsay Mills. The Guardian's Ewen MacAskill, who helped break Snowden's story in 2013, has been given exclusive access to meet him
  ‘I was very much a person the most powerful government in the wor
  
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• Gibraltar boosts port preparations in case of no deal Brexit

  13-09-2019 17:45
  Gibraltar has extended port facilities to be able to handle more ships carrying goods as part of contingency plans if Britain leaves the European Union without an agreement, the British territory's maritime minister said on Friday.With a population of just over 30,000 people and a land area of nearly 7 square kilometres, Gibraltar voted overwhelming to remain in the EU in Britain's 2016 referendum.There have been concerns that Gibraltar's open land border with Spain would be affected by Brexit,
  
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• Johnson heckler says he was provoked by shutdown of parliament

  13-09-2019 17:44
  Charity executive Ben Gilchrist was dragged from venue in Rotherham after his outburst. A man who interrupted Boris Johnson during a speech in Rotherham has said he felt compelled to heckle the prime minister over the suspension of parliament. Ben Gilchrist, 41, the deputy chief executive of a Manchester charity, forced Johnson to break off from a speech about regional devolution when he began heckling him about the prorogation. “He got me going when he started talking about how he valued
  
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